Enough is in that closet to last us a month, and there are herds of wild cattle on the island, an inexhaustible larder." "But we can't catch wild cattle with our hands," said Robert.
The slaver laughed.
"You don't think, Peter," he said, "that when I built a house here and furnished it I neglected some of the most necessary articles.

In the other closet you'll find weapons and ammunition.

But deal first with the boucan." Robert opened the closet and found the boucan packed away in sheets or layers on shelves, and at once he became ravenously hungry.
"On a lower shelf," said the slaver, "you'll find flint and steel, and with them it shouldn't be hard for a wilderness lad like you to start a fire.

There are also kettles, skillets and pans, and I think you know how to do the rest." Robert went to work on a fire.

The wood, which was abundant outside, was still damp, but he had a strong clasp knife and he whittled a pile of dry shavings which he succeeded in igniting with the flint and steel, though it was no light task, requiring both patience and skill.